The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-18
EXTENDING CONNECTIONS.
An Important Deal That Gives the
Union Pacific a New Field.

There was filed with the Secretary of
State yesterday articles of consolidation
for the Union Pacific and Western
Colorado Railway Company to be
known hereafter as thes Union Pacific
& Western Colorado Railway Company.
By the agreement between the two cor
porations, which bears the signature of
Charles Francis Adams, and is dated
January 3lst, it is agreed by the
parties to the instrument to consolidate
the two organizations, and as
such the new company shall be entitled
tn receive from this State and Territory
all grants, benefits, immunlties, guaran
tees, acts and things to be done and
performed. The capital stock is placed
at So 600 600, divided into shares of 500.
There are seven directors, the first body
of which are Charles F. Adams, Elisha
Atkins, Frederick L. Ames, T. Gordon
Dexter, Ezra H. Baker, Sidney Dillon,
s. r. Galloway. The officers of the
company elected by the directors are
Charles Francis Adams, president;
Elisha Atkins, Vice-president, and
Henry Mcfarland, secretary and
treasurer. The first annual meeting is
to occur in Denver on the first Wednes-
day in July.
The purpose of the Union Pacific and
Western Colorado railway is stated in
the articles of consolidation to be the
building railway and telegraph line
from the boundary line of the Territory
of Wyoming up to the North Platte
River, thence to Muddy Creek Valley to
Grand River, thence up the valley of
the Grand to Salt Lake City in Utah,
with branches along affiuents of the
North Platte. Muddy Greek and Grand
River to Aspen and Dillon; also
branches into White River Valley and
the Valley of the Yumpa or Bear River,
and by way of Cameron Pass to the
Cache lie Poudre to Fort Collins or any
other point on the Colorado Central
that may be determined on.
The Union Pacific and Western Colo
RADIO Railway, of Wyoming, is stated to
be constructing railway and telegraph
on the Union Pacific Railways main
line, to North Platte Valley to the
northern boundary Of the state, to con-
meet both lines at said boundary.
The consolidation of the two railways
virtually gives the Union Pacific access
| to q new country, and is regarded as q
direct cut at the Midland and its pro-
posed onnections.-Denver Nelrs.
SOME of the general passenger anc
ticket agents are whistling before they
are out of the woods, as it were, in theil
glee at the prospect of some relief from
the "pass- fiend" and the advance-agen
bore, taking the occasion of the inter
state commerce law to withdraw passe!
and reduced rates, which are not in TIT
least affected by it. 1t may be proper
on general principles, to stop passiDi
employees families, but where thei
rides begin and terminate in the sam,
Estate the device for taking shelter unde
the law for the sake of uniformly" vii
not be likely to deceive any body consist
ency in some other directions could per
haps be sought after with more profit
and, more over, when the employee VIII
: wants to give his family bit of an ex
cursion happens to be one of tn
higher grades, such as ride il
private, cars, we suspect that som
way will be found before many month
to crawl under, over or around tn
State-Iine barrier. And in the matte
of reduced rates, of course, it will b
easy for any company that wishes t
favor its heavy patrons to make out
prima facie. case in defense OF its acuio
by offering the same terms to a
customers whose business comes unoe
the same conditions. The conditions
can be adjusted to any desired circum
stances. A reduction of so per cent. il
passenger fares to each person VIII
ships sawdust or secondhand pulpit
in Cotton lots would doubtless cjm
within the law, technically; and yet
would very likely be a virtual discrimi
nation. Those who are over-zealous il
their readiness to comply with the lay
and even to extend its application
should recollect how easy it will be TO
their competitors to find grounds for
different Interpretation. = Railr0a
Gazette.